Yeah the more I explore the more confused I get tbh. I think I just found a link here on the redditalternatives subreddit and went from there.

Is there any guide for newbies with the type of information I'm after?

Brilliant, thanks for the info. My suggestion would be to have that type of explainer front and center for noobs like me who want an alternative to Reddit.

Oh, and what's this 'lemmy' that I keep coming across?

Apologies, I didn't notice the about at the bottom. But for example, I keep seeing 'instance' mentioned, what does that mean? what is piefed? who made it, what is it for, and why should I use it? That's the kind of thing I'm wondering about (and sorry if this info is easily available and I've just missed it.)

thanks.

Is there any sort of 'about' page that I can look at which might have more info about the site? So far (after 15 minutes) I'm loving this place. Reddit getting rid of /r/all was the last straw. I don't mind there being less active users here, as long as there are users here.

Well done to the devs!